Christopher Schröder Nov 7, 2020:

Adrian, the only person speculating is you. The term means training provided for an external client. Fact.

Anna Herbst Nov 7, 2020:

Covid-19 In this day and age of the corona virus, cleaning has become more important than ever, so it would not surprise me at all if cleaning companies commissioned contract education through tertiary institutions to ensure their employees have a good understanding of the new working conditions.

SafeTex Nov 7, 2020:

@ Adrian and all Well, it doesn't say what level the person is at in the cleaning company but education has become big business and there are ISOs for nearly every sector

So if you visit a website like:

https://www.cityandguilds.com/qualifications-and-apprentices...

you will see different levels of training for employees at all levels in a cleaning company.

Adrian MM. Nov 7, 2020:

We need to stop speculating ... ... despite past and albeit inconclusive answers, what form of commissioned education this outsourced training of cleaners took. A referral-back to the clients is often *infeasible* but worth a shot. Note: I somehow cannot imagine the exclusively Geordie skivvies at my former school attending such courses at University.

Christopher Schröder Nov 7, 2020:

Depending on the exact context, it might be appropriate to go for something simple/vague like external courses/training or courses from external providers. Commissioned/contracted education looks at it from the point of view of the provider (colleges and universities) whereas your context is from the point of view of the cleaning company which is commissioning some kind of training from an outside party.

SafeTex Nov 7, 2020:

@ all here is a past Proz question on this:

https://www.proz.com/kudoz/swedish-to-english/medical-health...

Adrian MM. Nov 7, 2020:

SafeTex and soothsayers Despite 'contract / commissioned education' as the official and questionable Swenglish translations amongst 179,000 g/hits, this idea of 'outsourced education or training' needs to be seen outside a högskola or universitet setting and in the context of cleaning 'operatives'.

SafeTex Nov 6, 2020:

@ Adrian and all Hello

I looked at your reference and note in the second part:

Uppdragsutbildning är personalutbildning som kan vara till exempel:

Kurser skräddarsydda på beställning för en uppdragsgivaren

Öppna kurser, dvs. KI tar fram en kurs och säljer platser till företag och organisationer

Platser på universitetets befintliga kurser/program inom det ordinarie utbudet erbjuds till företag och organisationer

Seminarieserier för företag och organisationer

Verktyg för professionellt arbete

Webbaserad och interaktiv utbildning på distans

I just don't see how this can be "job placement/ on the job training". The above seems rather to confirm my reference which said "contract education", especially the first line above.

how did you come to your conclusion?